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Brighter Days

Loggins & Messina
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I've  seen brighter, I've  known brighter days
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 lying alone in the shade of a manzanita;
it's  been sweeter, bitter  sweeter days.
  -5
 I know it's not for always, but all i can say is
I've  known better days.
 Is summer  gone?  Has it been  that long?
 I guess  that's what seasons will bring.
 I'm caught  again  in the autumn  wind,
 but I remember spring.
 For I've  seen brighter days,
 seen lighter places  to stay  along  my way.
 Oh, I've  seen brighter  days
I've  seen warmer, soft  and warmer nights
lying  with love by my side  in the sycamores
 there've been finer, I've  seen mighty finer nights
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 Knowing what's wrong or what's right just don't matter
 when you're in warmer nights.
 But here  I am  like a sea  blown wind
under  my thunder and rain
I'll  ride the waves  till a sunny day
 comes to me again
 for I've  seen brighter days,
seen  lighter places  to stay  along  my way.
 Oh, I've  seen brighter  days.

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Readable chord sheet for Brighter Days by Loggins & Messina

[Cmaj9]I've seen brighter,[Fmaj9]      [Cmaj9]I've known brighter days [A]     [A7]
[Dm7]                [Dm7]-5
lying alone in the shade of a manzanita;
[Cmaj9]it's been sweeter,[Fmaj9]      [Cmaj9]bitter sweeter days. [A]      [A7]
  [Dm7]                           [Dm7]-5
I know it's not for always, but all i can say is
[Cmaj9]I've known better days.      [E7]
Is s[A7]ummer gone? [Dm7]    Has it b[G]een that lo[Cmaj7]ng?
I [Fmaj9]guess that's what seasons will b[Bm7]ring.  [E7]
I'm [Am7]caught a[D]gain in the a[G]utumn w[Cmaj7]ind,  [Cm7]
but I remember [Dm7]spring.  [G]
For [Cmaj9]I've  [Bbmaj9]       seen [G11]brighter [Cmaj9]days,  [Bmaj9]
seen lighter p[Cmaj9]laces to [Bbmaj9]stay al[Em9]ong my [A]way.
Oh, [Dm7]I've seen b[G]righter d[Cmaj9]ays   [Bbmaj9]          [F]            [G11]
[Cmaj9]I've seen warmer,[Fmaj9]      [Cmaj9]soft and warmer ni[A]ghts  [A7]
[Dm7]lying with love by my [Dm7]side in the sycamores  [Cmaj9]
there've been finer,[Fmaj9]      [Cmaj9]I've seen mighty finer ni[A]ghts [A7]
[Dm7]                            [Dm7]-5                   [Cmaj9]
Knowing what's wrong or what's right just don't matter
when you're in warmer nights.  [E7]
But h[Am7]ere I [Dm7]am like a s[G]ea blown [Cmaj7]wind
[Fmaj9]under my thunder and [Bm7]rain  [E7]
[Am7]I'll ride the wa[D]ves till a s[G]unny [Cmaj7]day     [Cm7]
comes to me a[Dm7]gain   [G]
for [Cmaj9]I've  [Bbmaj9]      seen brighter [Cmaj9]days,
[Bbmaj9]seen lighter [Cmaj9]places to [Bbmaj9]stay   a[Em9]long my [A]way.
Oh, I[Dm7]'ve seen b[G]righter d[Cmaj9]ays.    [Bbmaj9]            [F]               [Cmaj9]

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